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<blockquote data-quote="Brodie" data-source="post: 7697636" data-attributes="member: 6776288">A while back, I had proposed a 'no tech' rule for my group. Thankfully, another player (one of the two original founders still with the group) seconded it. I had proposed it because another player was getting distracted by his tech (and I openly acknowledged that I would get distracted by own tech, too), and a member of our group that had passed had also become distracted near the end.Now even the guy that had supported me has his own laptop and only one person in the group doesn't get distracted by tech because he doesn't have a laptop or smart phone (he has to tap out letters the old way to send texts). Yes, having a dice roller on screen is more useful than having physical dice consider how many dice we occasionally need to roll in our FFG Star Wars game, but it gets super annoying when SOMEONE has got an earbud plugged in to one ear and is snickering with a laugh VERY reminiscent of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrEfHhfbH4c" target="_blank">Muttley</a>. I used to like Muttley.I don't mind someone using their laptop or smartphone when their character isn't involved/present in a given scene. I actually think it can help prevent metagaming if - by not paying attention - they don't know what happened in that scene. And yes, if you don't have a physical copy of a book but you have the pdf on your computer, it's certainly helpful to be able to find a rule for clarification. But I purposely - and try to make a show of it - to close my laptop and put it to the side. I make a show of it because I'm hoping vainly that the others will take the hint and show some respect to the person that's about to run a game for our participation and enjoyment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brodie, post: 7697636, member: 6776288"] A while back, I had proposed a 'no tech' rule for my group. Thankfully, another player (one of the two original founders still with the group) seconded it. I had proposed it because another player was getting distracted by his tech (and I openly acknowledged that I would get distracted by own tech, too), and a member of our group that had passed had also become distracted near the end. Now even the guy that had supported me has his own laptop and only one person in the group doesn't get distracted by tech because he doesn't have a laptop or smart phone (he has to tap out letters the old way to send texts). Yes, having a dice roller on screen is more useful than having physical dice consider how many dice we occasionally need to roll in our FFG Star Wars game, but it gets super annoying when SOMEONE has got an earbud plugged in to one ear and is snickering with a laugh VERY reminiscent of [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrEfHhfbH4c"]Muttley[/URL]. I used to like Muttley. I don't mind someone using their laptop or smartphone when their character isn't involved/present in a given scene. I actually think it can help prevent metagaming if - by not paying attention - they don't know what happened in that scene. And yes, if you don't have a physical copy of a book but you have the pdf on your computer, it's certainly helpful to be able to find a rule for clarification. But I purposely - and try to make a show of it - to close my laptop and put it to the side. I make a show of it because I'm hoping vainly that the others will take the hint and show some respect to the person that's about to run a game for our participation and enjoyment. [/QUOTE]

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